Recruit start at 50 yards, if you are holding a tight group, like 3 shots within small area, set your sights, then shoot at 100 yards and see the difference, readjust your sights to where you are a little high at 50 and a little low at 100. This is the way I do it and it works fine.

One note, if at 100 yards you are all over the place try a different brand and repeat the above steps, I have known people that shot one brand through their gun at 50 with great results and when they moved to 100 it was all over the place, they tried another brand and got good groups at 50 and 100.

One other thing, do not even waste your time shooting at 25 yards, the difference between 25 and 50 is miniscule.

The Tazman aka Martin Price
Founder and President of
Virginia Disabled Outdoorsmen Club

Another suggestion I have when you go to sight in is to take your time. Don't burn through a box of sabots in 30 seconds. Shooting one shot then giving your gun (and shoulder!) at least a couple minutes to cool off more closely resembles the accuracy you will get in hunting conditions. (You probably are already aware of this, but figured I'd throw it in just in case.) Good luck to ya.

--Man who fish in other man's well often catch crabs--

Hey, Recruit--I've always felt like 3 shots was all it took for me know how well a round is going to work for me. Although that might be partly because I'm ready to quit after that many (ouch!). LOL. The nice thing about the open sights (at least on my Hastings barrel)is that they tend to stay put. If you dont take the barrel on and off, your gun should stay sighted in year after year. If you do take the barrel off, you'll probably have to spend some time getting it sighted in again. Lots of years I nail the first practice shot and just put the gun away I sight in at 50 yds and thats it since my shots are always in the 20-70 yard range. Works great for me.
Good luck!

Here's another thought. If you are concerned with the cost of the sabot slugs, buy a box of foster slugs and try them in the smoothbore barrel with a modified, improved, or cylinder choke. You should be able to get the accuracy you need for a 50 yard shot without sights.

I would reccomend NOT to shoot the foster slugs through the rifled barrel. After the 1st shot, the rifling is filled with lead which can be very difficult to remove completely.

BTW, I'll take that rifled barrel off your hands for the cost of shipping if you decide not to use the sabot slugs. <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

Foster type slugs are really all you need for shots out to 50 yds. they are best in slightly choked bores,IC or in cyl bores, although I've found that they sail a bit in cyl bores.Brenneke slugs are solid with an expanding base that fills the bore when fired. Good accuracy and deadly, that solid chunk of lead exits like a cannon ball went through.I use them with a IC choke. They all recoil heavily, Brenneke's seem to be the heaviest.You never notice it anyway when you are hunting, then about 10 mins after making the shot your shoulder feels like you took a left hook from a heavyweight contender.Good luck,good hunting,be safe.

I'm a firm believer in &quot;it's better to have too much than not enough.&quot; I'm not sure there's such a thing as &quot;overkill.&quot; Just buy a few brands, and pick the one that performs best for you.

My mind belongs to my work...
My heart belongs to my family...

But my soul...belongs to the woods.